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Entries for 2017

As part of our continuing efforts to communicate well with our driver community we are excited to announce the release of a new version of our mobile app. Stats on the FirstFleet Mobile App show us that a great number of our drivers are regularly using the app to help plan and confirm their trips, review their pay, find fuel stops and much more.

The mobile app is designed to allow our driver community to quickly locate information pertaining to their daily tasks and to stay connected through tools like load planning, fuel economy, payroll history, training and more. If you not presently using the mobile app I would encourage you to visit the app market for your phone and give it a test drive today.

Attention FirstFleet Drivers! Our Delaware, OH terminal is growing and is offering a $2500 Referral Bonus, until 8/31/17 for referring a Full Time Driver hired the Delaware operation. Be sure to have the referral write down your name so you get credit for the Referral. This is a Limited Time Offer so don’t delay! Thank you for your effort!

For 241 years the United States of America has been a beacon of freedom and opportunity. As Americans we are united by the hope found in the convictions of our founders:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Don’t miss your FINAL opportunity to avoid ADDITIONAL increases in your 2018 health insurance premiums. In order to avoid these additional premium costs EVERY COVERED EMPLOYEE under our health insurance plan must complete BOTH the Personal Health Assessment (PHA) and a Biometric Screening BEFORE July 31, 2017.

CVSA’s Roadcheck 2017 is to be held June 6-8, 2017 with special emphasis on cargo securement. It is estimated that during this time, an average of 17 trucks or buses will be inspected every minute during the 72-hour event. During the 2016 event, 42,236 Level 1 inspections were conducted.

A Level 1 inspection is a 37-step procedure that involves an examination of both the driver and vehicle. Of those Level 1 inspections conducted, 21.5% of vehicles and 3.4% of drivers were placed out of service due to critical item violations. Please make sure you and your vehicle are ready!

CVSA’s Roadcheck 2017 is to be held June 6-8, 2017 with special emphasis on cargo securement. During the 2016 event, 42,236 Level 1 inspections were conducted. A Level 1 inspection is a 37-step procedure that involves an examination of both the driver and vehicle. Of those Level 1 inspections conducted, 21.5% of vehicles and 3.4% of drivers were placed out of service due to critical item violations. Please make sure you and your vehicle are ready!

CVSA’s Roadcheck 2017 is to be held June 6-8, 2017 with special emphasis on cargo securement. Over this 72-hour period, CVSA-certified commercial motor vehicle inspectors throughout North America will conduct inspections of commercial motor vehicles and their drivers.

CVSA’s Roadcheck 2017 is to be held June 6-8, 2017 with special emphasis on cargo securement. Inspectors will primarily be conducting the North American Standard Level 1 Inspection, which is the most thorough roadside inspection! It is a 37-step procedure that includes an examination of both driver and vehicle.

Drivers will be required to provide items such as their driver’s license, hours-of-service documentation, motor carrier registration and shipping documentation. Inspectors will be checking drivers for seat belt usage and the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.

FirstFocus is the newsletter publication of FirstFleet, Inc. We use this newsletter to keep our employees updated with happenings, celebrations and information from around the FirstFleet family of facilities.

This newsletter installment highlights our company initiative to focus on FirstFleet Culture and Core Values! For more information on the Core Values of FirstFleet please visit firstfleetinc.com/serve.

The FirstFleet Mobile App has quickly become the go to tool for our driver community to manage and interact with their employment experience. The mobile app is designed to allow our driver community to quickly locate information pertaining to their daily tasks and to stay connected through tools like load planning, fuel economy, payroll history and much more.

The HMS Dependent Audit has gone extremely well, and I want to personally thank you for participating in this process and investing the time to provide the documentation needed. I know this was an added item on your list of things to do, and I am grateful for your participation.

We have extended the HMS Company Wide Dependent Audit to Friday, May 5th, to allow associates the opportunity to get those last minute verification documents over to HMS. If you are showing in an INCOMPLETE / PARTIAL status I encourage you to call HMS immediately at (844) 845-8350 to determine what documents you may still need to send in to COMPLETE your account in HMS. You can also review your account status by going to aduitOS.com and using your HMS Reference number.

Keeping employee contact information updated and accurate is a challenge for any organization, and we are no exception to this reality. In effort to ensure the contact information we have on file for our team members is accurate we are enhancing the online and mobile tools we offer to give you personal control over these changes.

It is likely that you have seen a commercial or advertisement for the Amazon Alexa device which provides for a spoken word interface to all sort of services from home automation to information retrieval. It may even be possible that you have one of these devices in your home. Even if you are not presently using this technology it is rapidly expanding the possibilities of interaction and will become increasingly present in our lives. How we consume information and how we interact with services around us is adapting and changing all the time.

Don’t forget! Next Friday – April 14th is the deadline for HMS to receive the verification documents for all of your dependents on the Medical plan. If you need help identifying which documents you need to send in or need assistance locating the agencies in your community where you can obtain new birth certificates, marriage certificates or other legal documents, please call HMS directly at (844) 845-8350.